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Topic: Zone of the Enders HD Collection, Jehuty in 1080p

For the record, while I'm excited for this, I'm mostly getting it as my "Mecha game" for the year, since I wanted a Mecha Christmas. Might get a Gundam model, too...except I'm kinda low on space for them. :P

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For PS3 owners: Any glitches? I've been seeing some reviews on Amazon talking about major slowdown and even crashes mid-game, in 2 in particular. Some have even refused to play it without a patch. But maybe they're just whiny.

For those who got the special edition: How are the art book and the soundtrack? Are they worth the extra $20? (Well, $40 now, technically....)

I haven't encountered any glitches, but there are FPS drops and, in general, the FPS is lower than the original release. Supposedly the patch speeds it up "some," but I've not downloaded it and can't confirm or deny.

The artbook is quite nice, especially compared to other artbooks in major game releases. The CD "Soundtrack" is 10 tracks, and they're all remixed. That Beyond the Bound Remix though...mmm!

So, I found the graphical errors some people were talking about, and, as stated above, they're mostly in ZoE2. The background has some annoying seams and breaks, but, more importantly, there's one area in the game where the faces/eyes/noses on the animated faces are just big black boxes. I've encountered some bad slowdown a few times too, in both games, and ZoE2 runs generally much slower than the PS2 version.

It's not a horrible port by any means, and not nearly as bad as SH:HD, but I think it is worth mentioning that the problems are there.

. . .but it has also put a halt to the EndersÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Project which was announced last year as a Zone of the Enders sequel. The entire team behind the project has been dismantled, as Kojima would like to re-evaluate the franchise before moving forward, he says. Furthermore, he also wants to re-evaluate fans by asking once more, whether they would still like to see a Zone of the Enders sequel.

"No details for the rest of the world yet, but they've announced today that the "The Best" version of ZoE HD Edition for PS3 will hit stores on July 25 2013. This is the same date the PS3 patch will go live, with "various performance improvements". The price for the retail re-release is 2480yen. The download version will be discounted to 1980yen on PSN, and for those who only want ZoE or ZoE2, the individual games can be purchased for 1000yen each."